Mary Youngblood

• Genre: Native American
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About

A member of the Seminole and Aleut tribes, Mary Youngblood was actually raised playing classical music. She didn't pick up a Native American flute until she was an adult -- but when she did, she was hooked. Youngblood became the first female Native American flautist to be recorded, and her albums have cast a long shadow and earned her numerous Native American Music Awards and a Grammy for Beneath the Raven Moon.

- Sarah Bardeen